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Banana peel excellent water purifier
Washington: The humble banana has uses beyond the realm of beauty remedies. Its peels can be used as an excellent water purifier, decontaminating drinking water of toxic metals. Researchers say minced banana peel performs better than an array of other Engineering Chemistry Research reports. Gustavo Castro and colleagues from instituto de Biociencias de Botucatu in Brazil noted that mining process, runoff from farms, and industrial wastes can put heavy metals, like lead and copper, into waterways. Heavy metals can have adverse health and environmental effects.

Cherimoya could be the next banana?
Washington: The cherimoya, or the custard apple, could be the next banana, as scientists have identified a gene defect in some plants which makes the fruits seedless. According to the American and Spanish scientists, who detailed their work in the Journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the gene discovery may pave the way for producing seedless varieties of cherimoya, sugar apple and perhaps other fruit crops. Going seedless could be a big step for the fruit said Charles Gasser, a professor of plant biology at University of California Davis.

‘Bionic eye’ gets go ahead post trials
London: A bionic eye that allows the blind to see has been approved after thorough testing. Tests have demonstrated that the device is safe, which could mean that it eventually becomes routinely available on the NHS. Specialists said, that tests over almost three years had “impressed” beyond their “most optimistic expectations,” reports the Daily Express. Revolutionary retina implants work in conjunction with a camera mounted on a pair of glasses. They have already transformed the lives of 30 people during initial tests.

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